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Like the roots of trees, but far more rapidly, Tolkien's Ents could break stone. [T 3] Ents are somewhat treelike, with extraordinarily tough skin; they can erode stone rapidly, but are vulnerable to fire and axe-strokes. They are patient and cautious, with a long sense of time; they considered a three-day deliberation "hasty". [T 2]
Ents were created in the Elder Days to be the "Shepherds of the Trees" and protect trees from the anticipated destruction that Dwarves would cause. In The Lord of the Rings, Treebeard recounts to the hobbits Merry and Pippin how the Ents were "awakened" and taught to speak by the Elves. He says that only three Ents remain from the Elder Days ...
The world tree, with its branches reaching up into the sky, and roots deep into the earth, can be seen to dwell in three worlds—a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. This great tree acts as an axis mundi, supporting or holding up the cosmos.
The Last Ent of Affric is an ancient elm in the Scottish Highlands, [1] designated a Tree of National Special Interest (TNSI) [2] by the Woodland Trust and named Scotland's Tree of the Year in 2019. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is probably the last surviving tree of an ancient forest, and by virtue of its isolation has remained safe from Dutch elm disease .
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday ridership topped 2019 pre-COVID levels for the first time in 2024 and reached a record high even with less capacity. Amtrak reported an adjusted ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chuba Hubbard's season is over. The Panthers placed their leading rusher on injured reserve Saturday with a strained calf. Hubbard was limited in practice on Friday with a ...
One of the legends, going back to the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (perhaps 7th-century), was that at the same time as the "miracle of the palm-tree" on the third day of the journey, a spring miraculously appeared when the travellers needed water, and the Rest is often set beside a spring or stream, though this can be regarded as natural. [13]
C.J. Gardner-Johnson was ejected from the Eagles' game against the Commanders on Sunday after receiving his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.